Peru’s ambassador to the Holy See has publicly invited Pope Leo XIV to visit. The invitation, delivered during a Saturday ...

Just a stone's throw away from Blackpool Victoria Hospital lies a church with a remarkable back story. The Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes on Whinney Heys Road is a stunning grade II* listed building ...

The National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington DC is one of the world’s finest museums. The collection contains works from ...

Ever see the tall, slender religious candles with images of saints painted on them inside your grocery store and wonder what they are for? Here is what you need to know about the religious candles ...

BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela — Thousands of Venezuelans prayed for their country on Wednesday. They gathered in a major Catholic procession in Barquisimeto, about 170 miles (270 kilometers) west of Caracas ...

Millions of faithful descend on Mexico City each year, at first by bike or by foot and then often crawling on their knees in honor, to behold Our Virgin of Guadalupe. Leonardo Batalla Barrios, a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. There is no figure more central to Mexican religious, cultural and national identity than the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Editor’s note: The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 8, 2025 is a holy day of obligation — remember to get to Mass! (OSV News) — During an adult religious education session, the ...

(RNS) — A new book, the fruit of 20 years of research, aims to unearth Mary’s real identity, which the author said has been lost amid centurieslong attempts to paint her as an ever-virgin, ...

At Tehran's Maryam Moghaddas metro station religious frescoes and artworks honour Christianity's Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ — ATTA KENARE Shiite Islam may be the official religion in Iran, but ...

Iran opens a metro station named after the Virgin Mary, calling it a gesture of coexistence, while critics cite ongoing discrimination against minorities. Tehran has inaugurated a new metro station ...

Maricela Torres laid a bouquet of flowers before a life-size sculpture of the Virgin Mary and knelt to the ground at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines. “I pray to her almost every ...